1996 Greek legislative election
Parliamentary elections were held in Greece on 22 September 1996.[1] The ruling Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) of Costas Simitis was re-elected, defeating the liberal-conservative New Democracy party of Miltiadis Evert.
 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
All 300 seats in the Hellenic Parliament 151 seats were needed for a majority | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Map of electoral districts, showing the largest party by share of votes. Darker shades indicate stronger vote share. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Distribution of parliament seats after the 1996 elections (Results).
| This article is part of a series on |
| Politics of Greece |
|---|
 |
|
Greece portal |
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Panhellenic Socialist Movement (PASOK) | 2,814,779 | 41.5 | 162 | –8 |
| New Democracy (ND) | 2,586,089 | 38.1 | 108 | –3 |
| Communist Party of Greece (KKE) | 380,046 | 5.6 | 11 | +2 |
| Left and Progress Coalition (SYN) | 347,236 | 5.1 | 10 | +10 |
| Democratic Social Movement (DIKKI) | 300,954 | 4.4 | 9 | New |
| Political Spring | 199,686 | 2.9 | 0 | –10 |
| Union of Centrists | 48,659 | 0.7 | 0 | 0 |
| Union of Ecologists | 19,931 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| Party of Greek Hunters | 17,472 | 0.3 | 0 | 0 |
| National Party-National Political Union | 16,495 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Party of Hellenism | 12,216 | 0.2 | 0 | New |
| Left Struggle | 10,416 | 0.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Alternative Ecologists | 5,708 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Golden Dawn (XA) | 4,537 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Ecologists of Greece | 4,138 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Marxist–Leninist Communist Party of Greece (M-L KKE) | 4,019 | 0.1 | 0 | New |
| Organization for the Reconstruction of the Communist Party of Greece (OAKKE) | 3,534 | 0.1 | 0 | 0 |
| Pensioners-Labourers-Farmers-Youth Alliance | 2,519 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
| Fighting Socialist Party of Greece (ASKE) | 2,113 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Olympic Party | 1,614 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Party of Greek Workers | 238 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
| Greek Orthodox National Popular Revolutionary Party | 163 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
| Christian Faith | 71 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Free Democracy | 64 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
| Hellenic White Movement of Contemporary Ideology | 49 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Panhellenic Orthodox Democratic Movement | 42 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
| Labour Class | 31 | 0.0 | 0 | New |
| Human Rights Party | 12 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Party of Responsible Citizens | 2 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Hellenic European Party | 1 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independents | 611 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 |
| Invalid/blank votes | 198,759 | – | – | – |
| Total | 6,982,204 | 100 | 300 | 0 |
| Registered voters/turnout | 9,145,598 | 76.3 | – | – |
| Source: Nohlen & Stöver | ||||
References
- Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p830 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
| Parliamentary elections |
|
|---|---|
| Head of state elections | |
| Local elections | |
| European elections | |
| Referendums | |
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.